And I see that Mr. Know It All, Benny Fong, is co-anchoring the programming. How many times is he going to use the pronoun "I" in the telecast? After all, it's all about him, Mr. Rolling Stone and the self-proclaimed expert on Bay Area radio.

Ben's sister was the leader of several great Chinatown tours, especially at this time of year. She always came on Gene Burn's show and made the prep for the parade so much fun for everyone. It was very sad when she died, unexpectedly, because she was the life of the party. I think it's appropriate that he co-hosts this program.

It's interesting...During the Gold Rush Days, people came from all over the world searching for Gold. The miners panning nuggets claimed various spots on the banks of the American River. Some camps were almost starving from lack of healthful cooking and they noticed the Chinese Camp miners were thriving, their cooks were finding wild fresh greens and they ate more varied diets. The successful miners finally asked the Chinese miners if they were willing to sign on as their Cooks? This led to the wonderful success of our famous San Francisco Chinatown!

In 1978, the Broncos lost to the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XII . They also lost to the San Francisco Forty Niners (1990) in Super Bowl XXIV. Interestingly, both years were also the Year of Horse. In the 1978 defeat and this year's defeat, the MVP were defensive players.

Why is it called "Chinese New Year?"...when it's also celebrated in Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia?

Andy why does everyone keep saying "Gun Ha Fat Choy" as if it's the "official" New Year's greeting--when in fact this (Cantonese) is only spoken by a small part of China's population? (more Chinese speak Mandarain. WAAAAY more).

It's true that in China there are many more Mandarin speakers than Cantonese speakers, but historically most Chinese immigrants here have been from the southern part of China which is Cantonese speaking. Only in recent years has that begun to change.

@ 8:25pm - It's because the Chinese Chamber of Commerce sponsors the parade so it can call it whatever it wants. I had the same question before especially everyone was trying to be PC and I always wondered why it was not called the Lunar New Year parade.

How is this any different from media outlets promoting their coverage of sporting events? NBC has been flogging the Olympics for weeks. Comcast reconfigured their remote menu so you go directly into the Olympics on demand.